Improvement in cooking-vessels



1 STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAURENCE P. BODKIN AND JOHN S. BODKIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN COOKlNG-VESSELS. v

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 138,846, dated May 13,1873 application filed March 15, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LAURENCE P. BODKIN and JOHN S. BODKIN, of Brooklyn,in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Cooking-Vessels, of which the following is aspecification:

Figure 1 is a top view of a vessel illustrating our invention. Fig. 2 isa side view of the same, part being broken away to show theconstruction. Fig. 3 is a detail section of the same taken through theline 00 00, Fig. 1.

Our invention has for its object to improve the construction of boilers,sauce-pans, and other cooking-vessels, in such a way that the liquidcontents may be poured off and the solid contents retained. Theinvention consists in the grate formed upon the inner side of the edgeof the vessel, and in the lip formed upon the outer side of the edge ofthe vessel, in combination with the grate formed upon the inner side ofsaid edge, as hereinafter fully described. I

A represents the body of the boiler, Whic is provided with the bail B inthe ordinary manner. The boiler A is also provided with a handle, 0,upon its rear side for convenience in tipping it to pour out itscontents. Upon the edge of the forward side of the boiler A is formed alip, D, inclining upward and outward,

as shown in Fig. 2, to serve as a spout, in pouring out the liquidcontents of said boiler, to guide them into the receiving-vessel andprevent them from trickling down the outer side of boiler A. Upon theinner side of the edge of the forward side of the boiler A is formed 2.The lip D formed upon the outer side of the edge of the boiler A, incombination with the grate E formed upon the inner side of said edge,substantially as herein shown and described.

LAURENCE P. BODKIN. JOHN S. BODKIN.

Witnesses:

J Ali/[ES T. GRAHAM, T. B. Mosnnn.

